REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Coordinator of the New Jakarta Community Coalition (KM-JB) Ahmad Yusuf urged Jokowi to do something good first for Jakarta before nominating himself as a president.

"We consider that over the past two years, Jokowi has done nothing besides continuing with the blue print of the previous governor such as MRT and Jakarta flood canals," he asserted.

Jokowi should try to improve the welfare of the Jakarta people and deal with the capitals serious problems such as floods and traffic jams, he explained, urging Jokowi not to betray the Jakarta people who had given him their trust by electing him in the gubernatorial election 2012. He suspected that Jokowi realized that that the capital city's problems were too difficult to handle and he could not bear them.

Citing the existing laws, Horas AM Naiborhu, a Jakarta resident, also demanded that Jokowi must abandon his bid for the presidency in the coming election.

"Governor Jokowi must serve out his term of office until 2017 according to his official oath taken before representatives of the Jakarta people and God Almighty," he said.

In line with the law, governors and vice governors are elected for five-year terms of office beginning from their inaugurations. Governor Jokowi took office on October 15, 2012 and his term office will end in October 2017, based upon Law No. 32/2004 on Regional Government. "Under article 110 sub-article 3 of Law No. 32/2004 Jokowi must drop his bid for presidency," he pointed out.

"But if Jokowi ignores the legal grievance and goes ahead with his presidential candidacy, I will file a lawsuit against him," Horas warned. 

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